: Re: Showing one word hesitation due to fright in dialogue I'm a children's writer and have always used, "W-Who," to a the character being scared. An example would be "W-Who's there?"

I was wondering if "W-who's there?" might be better? i.e. it looks slightly unnatural with two capitals at the beginning of the quotation.
But typing that makes me aware of the problem with W-who's there that 'post as a guest' seems to be pointing to - "W" is not pronounced the same as the "Wh" in "Who" !! Maybe "Huh? Who's there?" which probably works better when read aloud.
BTW I totally agree with Mariel - just go with what feels right.

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